In this paper a concise, efficient, and environmentally benign method for the synthesis of 3- alkoxymethylcoumarin is described. From the reaction of 3-cyanochromene with an alkoxide and arylamine in THF,(Z)-2-phenylimino-3-alkoxymethylchromene was obtained as a novel intermediate via an isomerization of the double bond, a 1, 2-addition of alkoxide, a Michael- type addition of aniline, an another isomerization of double bond and an elimination of ...